The horse's caparison was richly made with jewels and velvet. From LearnThat.org.
caparison the horses for the festive occasion. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
His caparison was another mortification and failure. From Wordnik.com. [Boy Life Stories and Readings Selected From The Works of William Dean Howells] Reference
The riderless horse is known as a caparison, a custom that dates to the time of Genghis Khan. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Since that time, we've used Sergeant York as our caparison horse, our riderless horse. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 9, 2004] Reference
Mambrino's helmet, and whose pack – saddle he had no doubt whatever was about to become a rich caparison for a horse. From Wordnik.com. [Don Quixote] Reference
It is the caparison of abandon, the veil of oblivion. From Wordnik.com. [Là-bas] Reference
The usual caparison of the Shoshone horse is a halter and saddle. the. From Wordnik.com. [The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806] Reference
Then we would caparison ourselves with sabres and dash at dummy heads. From Wordnik.com. [The end of an era,] Reference
His caparison was of crimson velvet, all over-wrought with gold thread. From Wordnik.com. [Son of Power] Reference
With die and drab I purchased this caparison, and my revenue is the silly cheat. From Wordnik.com. [The Winter's Tale] Reference
The King and Messire Gawain were armed and had made caparison their horses right richly. From Wordnik.com. [The High History of the Holy Graal] Reference
When he was gone, Porgy, with Tom's assistance, proceeded to put himself in caparison of war. From Wordnik.com. [The Sword and the Distaff: Or, "Fair, Fat, and Forty." A Story of the South, at the Close of the Revolution by the Author of "The Partisan," "Mellichampe," "Katharine Walton," Etc. Etc.] Reference
At to-morrow's dawn my esquire shall begin to burnish up my armour -- and caparison my courser. From Wordnik.com. [Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance] Reference
The bridling and caparison of his mount, a splendid chestnut, represented alone a small fortune. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming Conquest of England] Reference
It is a costume imposing and picturesque; while the caparison of his horse is in keeping with it. From Wordnik.com. [Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco] Reference
Regardless of the animal's needs, he leaves all its caparison on, even to the bitt between its teeth. From Wordnik.com. [The Death Shot A Story Retold] Reference
= At the funeral of a mounted officer or enlisted man, his horse, in mourning caparison, follows the hearse. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition] Reference
To his practised eye, their caparison tells that they are intended only for a short excursion, not a journey. From Wordnik.com. [The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea] Reference
When I went home to caparison myself for war, the household had been too much occupied to observe my preparations. From Wordnik.com. [The end of an era,] Reference
Equally apparent is the caparison of their horses; these carrying cavalry saddles, with peaks and cantles brass mounted. From Wordnik.com. [The Lone Ranche] Reference
In the chamber occupied by Eggerich and his wife there is a wonderful caparison, made of gold and covered with little bells. From Wordnik.com. [Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine] Reference
Mariposa said -- respectful of the genius manifest in my caparison -- that I looked "mos 'ezzac'ly like a real, sure-'nough widder.". From Wordnik.com. [When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood] Reference
The Spanish cavalry, in those days, were as remarkable for the skillful management, as for the ostentatious caparison of their horses. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II)] Reference
Over this she folds, with great care, a drapery of scarlet and bright-colored calicoes, and now considers the caparison of her steed complete. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West] Reference
Whereon there entered a knight in exceeding bright armour, mounted on a courser as white as snow, whose caparison was the colour of the elements. From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Champions of Christendom] Reference
The only cheerfulness in the local color was to be noted in the caparison of the donkeys, which we were to find more and more brilliant southward. From Wordnik.com. [Familiar Spanish Travels] Reference
Barbarella ran to the piano, which was entirely enveloped in an immense antique caparison of red velvet embroidered with dull gold, and began to sing. From Wordnik.com. [The Child of Pleasure] Reference
A drapery of scarlet and bright-colored calicoes, and now considers the caparison of her steed complete. From Wordnik.com. [The adventures of Captain Bonneville] Reference
That will do; if this basin is a helmet, why, then the pack – saddle must be a horse's caparison, as this gentleman has said. ". From Wordnik.com. [Don Quixote] Reference
Here is the steed, we the caparison. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragedy of Coriolanus] Reference
To make the rich caparison his prey. From Wordnik.com. [The AEneid] Reference
In related news, word knows "caparison.". From Wordnik.com. [the regulars are coming out!] Reference
Come, bustle, bustle; caparison my horse. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Death of Richard the Third] Reference
Eleanor; so why caparison ourselves on top?. From Wordnik.com. [The Years] Reference
Not carapaced — the words “caparison” and. From Wordnik.com. [The Years] Reference
That will do; if this basin is a helmet, why, then the pack-saddle must be a horse's caparison, as this gentleman has said. ". From Wordnik.com. [The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 14] Reference
Strike deeper awe than steel-caparison'd bands. From Wordnik.com. [Dreams and Days: Poems] Reference
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